An Alzheimer's Blood Test and the Cost of Food

THE MEDICAL RECORD: ALZHEIMER'S BLOOD TEST   Tasha Kheiriddin is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. David Urbach,  the head of the Department of Surgery and director of Perioperative Services at Women’s College Hospital, Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, Family Physician and Founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman,  Internal Medicine and Critical Care physician at Humber River Hospital. We discuss a new Alzheimer's blood test, mammograms for dense breasts and a study lead by Dr. Urbach about how central wait lists can play a key role in speeding up knee or hip replacement procedures in the province. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD STATUE AT QUEEN'S PARK WILL SOON BE VISIBLE TO THE MASSES  Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by historian J.D.M. Stewart, whose book "The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation They Shaped" comes out in September. The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald at Queens Park is set to become visible to the public at some point this summer. We took this as an opportunity for a bit of a history lesson into Canada's first prime minister and his legacy. LOBLAW PRICES REPORT AND BREAD-FIXING SETTLEMENT  Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. A new report from the grocery giant Loblaw indicates an increase in food prices is on the horizon and we discuss the bread price-fixing settlement.